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An image of Cornish village at sunset by David Davies

David Davies

(Australia, England 21 May 1864–26 Mar 1939)

Title
Cornish village at sunset
Year
(circa 1905)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

44.5 x 34.2cm stretcher; 61.5 x 53.0 x 9.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, green oil "D.DAVIES". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased with assistance from Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and the Marshall Bequest Fund 1984
Accession number
120.1984
Location
19th c Australian art
Bibliography (4)

Tracy Cooper-Lavery (Australia) (Author), Wild colonials: Australian artists and the Newlyn and St Ives colonies, Bendigo, 2009, 55 (colour illus.), 81. NOTE: general information relating to the artist and the work he produced in Cornwall, pg. 80-81.

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 74, 76 (colour illus.), 300.

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 71. cat.no. 487

Cam Sparks (Australia) (Author), David Davies 1864-1939, Ballarat, 1984, 18-19, 47 (colour illus.). cat.no. 30

Exhibition history (3)

David Davies (1984-1985), Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 11 Sep 1984–11 Nov 1984.

David Davies (1984-1985), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 04 Dec 1984–06 Jan 1985.

David Davies (1984-1985), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Feb 1985–10 Mar 1985.